Eilish

Eilish was the #9,457 girls' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales.

Eilish as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Eilish as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Eilish as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#9,457 (10)#4,201 (5)————
2024#6,932 (16)#3,696 (6)#384 (8)—#631 (5)—
2023#12,197 (7)#4,057 (5)#540 (5)———
2022—#3,149 (7)#418 (7)———
2021#12,206 (7)#3,192 (7)#485 (6)—#764 (4)#3,280 (5)
2020#8,953 (11)#4,535 (4)#765 (3)—#628 (5)—
2019#7,716 (14)#3,151 (7)#406 (8)—#502 (7)—
2018#6,792 (17)#2,901 (8)——#896 (3)—
2017#7,442 (15)#4,763 (4)#304 (12)———
2016#7,230 (16)#5,785 (3)#453 (7)#440 (3)——
2015—#4,103 (5)#509 (6)—#581 (6)—
2014#16,513 (5)#4,684 (4)#430 (8)#365 (4)——
2013#11,000 (9)#5,742 (3)#564 (5)—#587 (6)—
2012#13,483 (7)#3,285 (7)#426 (8)#451 (3)——
2011#13,347 (7)#4,764 (4)#579 (5)—#465 (9)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1996 at #3,302.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EilishCanadaGirls—too few
EilishEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
EilishIrelandGirls—too few
EilishNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EilishScotlandGirls—too few
EilishUSGirls#9,45710